# Accident 19860530020279A: Cessna A185F, Orange Grove, LA, May 30, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1986, 19:15 local time
- Place: Orange Grove, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Sfl Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N96158, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96158-2013-03-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,100 total, 5,100 in this make and model, 109 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW86LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860530020279A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON A 135 CHECK RIDE, STALLED, IMPACTED WATER OF ORANGE GROVE CANAL AND SANK. WAS SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW86LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA095), May 31, 1986: Cessna A185F (N96158), Orange Grove, LA, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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